In Pa.'s U.S. Senate race, Mehmet Oz, David McCormick and Carla Sands report that they have lent their campaigns more than $20 million combined.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at a town hall meeting called A Dose of Reality on Monday, March 7, 2022, at the Charles Chrin Community Center in Palmer Township.Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, has poured money into a super PAC backing Vance, while hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin has contributed millions to a super PAC supporting McCormick.
Some of the less well-known candidates, such as Gibbons and McCormick, have spent some of their fortunes on TV advertising to introduce themselves to voters. More high-profile contenders, like Oz and Vance, have funneled money into ads to remind voters they have the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, who remains popular with the Republican base.
David McCormick, U.S Senate hopeful, addresses a rally Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at Lehigh Valley Sporting Clays in Coplay, North Whitehall Township. In Pennsylvania, the state’s seven-way Republican Senate primary election on May 17 has been transformed by three wealthy and well-connected candidates who moved from out of state — blue states, no less — to spend their riches on a campaign in the presidential battleground.
But asked last week if someone as wealthy as he is can understand average Pennsylvanians, McCormick told KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh that “I didn’t have anything” growing up. “How has that served us? Picking the richest person, just because they are the richest person,” Barnette said at a forum in late March while sitting just feet away from Oz and McCormick.
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